A great time was had by all at the Blue Patch Sustainable Business Awards. Conversation and wine flowed at the Art Workers’ Guild, 6, Queen Square, London WC1. The Guild, founded in 1884 by architects and designers, included members of the Arts & Crafts Movement, making it the perfect place for welcoming our Award winners […]
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Look who won! Blue Patch Awards 2019

Blue Patch exhibits thirteen sustainable British brands at London Design Fair 2019
We are delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting thirteen of our most exceptional sustainable brands at London Design Fair this year. The event will take place from the 19th to the 22nd of September 2019 at the Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch London as part of the iconic London Design Festival. Click to […]

Whitworth Art Gallery hosts Blue Patch’s ‘travelling’ Department Store!
Blue Patch’s ‘travelling’ Sustainable Department Store popped up at the Whitworth, Manchester University’s award winning museum. Blue Patch were lucky to coincided with Whitworth Director Alistair Hudson’s radically refreshing vision for the ‘Useful Museum’ (listen to Alistair here). The Useful Museum got off to a flying start with the Reno residency, led by Linda Brogan. Everyone […]

The Sustainable Department Store comes to the Whitworth, Manchester
The Original Sustainable Department Store at The University of Manchester The Whitworth Our Blue Patch store is ‘on tour’ showcasing wonderful products made in Britain by forward-thinking entrepreneurs, revealing the processes behind the brands and giving visitors the chance to browse and buy gorgeous things, rarely available on the High St. The store will open on March […]

Picture this : a Sustainable Department Store in Shoreditch
What a wonderful week! Recounted by Jane. Monday 10th Dec. Team Blue Patch; the irrepressible Preeti, Natalia and Lee, plus Britney, Cameron and Holly (the kids actually) worked alongside Blue Patch members, assembling flatpack furniture, excavating products from a sea of cardboard boxes and ‘merchandising’ like it was going out of fashion. Out of fashion? […]

Happy and Sustainable : the Christmas Spirit in Shoreditch!
Tackle climate change and support the local economy with positive shopping this Christmas Blue Patch is lighting up a Shoreditch high street for just one week with the UK’s very first Sustainable Department Store where visitors can buy directly from the finest British brands, join creative workshops, be pampered, solve burning environmental issues and get […]

The Original Sustainable Department Store comes to Shoreditch
Welcome to a fun packed week of sustainable shopping, free talks, workshops, socialising… Blue Patch’s store will be sparkling with beautiful, ethically made products, creative workshops, breakfast talks, pamper nights, bubbly drinks, delicious cakes and late night shopping to 9pm. Buy organic wellbeing products, Fair Trade jewellery, ethical fashion, designer lighting, handmade furniture, ceramics, gifts and toys. […]

London Design Fair 2018: Brands
Grain, Colour + Form, Copper Dust, Full Grown and Laura’s Loom at the London Design Fair 2018. Colour + Form create an explosion of vibrant colour with their designs specialising in colourful and painterly graphic patterns. ‘Our patterns are crafted by digitally layering, mixing and merging colours sampled from a variety of inspirations, including nature, art and […]

How to put on a PopUp event
As part of our Power of Positive Shopping campaign, we are building bridges between retail outlets and Blue Patch members. This includes pop-ups. Being temporary spaces, they offer a relatively low-cost way for brands to take creative risks, generate buzz and reach new audiences, which are all GREAT benefits. Our first foray into the world of large scale events was the task of organising […]

Ladies who breakfast
The morning of November 10th saw a stream of women arriving at the doorstep of Blue Patch HQ for yet another one of our delicious breakfast mornings. On offer were perfectly baked slices of baguette from Christopher’s Bakery which we are so lucky to have right down the road from us. The baguette was accompanied […]